Our Story

Visit Winter Park Lodging is a Family owned local Winter Park Nightly Rental Company and is operated by the Vandernail Family and staff. The Vandernails have owned a full-service ad agency for over a decade and have worked with many kinds of businesses and services associated with the tourism industry. Including; Ski Resorts, Property Rental management companies, Vacation Management, nightly rentals, Chamber of Commerce’s, Hotels, Motels, Restaurants and many more.

The Vandernails also own their own vacation home and know the ins and outs of nightly rental management.

Through the years, the Vandernails have seen numerous changes in the Winter Park and Fraser Valley area. Including; Marketing efforts, improvements at Winter Park Resort, increases in tourism in both summer and winter, and changes in businesses.

These experiences have allowed them to evolve their marketing expertise into the Visit Winter Park family brand. First creating an online Magazine, www.VisitWinterPark.com which is the local go to for all things Winter Park, Colorado. You can read the locals scoop on the Winter Park and Fraser Valley area and discover adventures, events and much more. This online publication gives our homeowners and guests advantages over our competitors. Harnessing the power of the local experts scoop we direct thousands of visitors to our Winter Park nightly Rental website each month. They also have a network of partner businesses to provide quality service to the homeowners and guests.

Eric and Philip Vandernail love the Winter Park and Fraser Valley area because it’s their full-time home. Also the home to our guests who come to Visit Winter Park on a regular basis. Their visit might be a night or several weeks stay but during that time we want them to make this their home.

We understand our guests, we also understand no two families are the same. Some have small kids, others are retired with pet’s and some come with groups of families. The Vandernails want their homeowners and guests to feel comfortable and make sure all their needs are taken care of and respected.

Philip Vandernail is the Mayor of Fraser, Colorado and serves on many local boards both non-profit and for profit. Eric Vandernail also serves on many nonprofit boards including a local preschool board and the public arts committee. They also understand the importance of family time having two kids of their own (Jacob & Rachel) and know that life gets hectic and complicated with the day-to-day routines. “We are lucky enough to live here full-time and we can slow down by being in nature (whatever the activity). It makes us very happy that you have chosen our home as your Winter Park vacation destination.”